Starter for hydrocarbon-burners.



H. LEM?.

Humm fon hymen/AKRON BUHNERS.

, APPLLCATEON FILED MAY 25.1906.

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Improvements in Starters forHydrocarbon-j.

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To all whom it mag/ concem':

Be it known that I, .HERMANN LEM?, a citizen of lthe United' States, residing at Lynn, county of Essex, 'State of Massachu' have invented certain newand useful Burners, of which the following isl a speci fication. l"

starters designed more especially ,for use in connection with a burner of the type com-. prising a vaporizer for vaporizing `liquid fuel, a nozzle for discharging a jet of fuel vapor received from the vaporizer, and a' baffle plate against which the jetisdirected mix' the vapor: Withair beforeignition takes` lace."

The invention has `for its o ject .the pro-fi vision ofa startin device of the atomizertype capable of quickly starting the burner into operati-onwith a smallexpenditure of', fuel. i

In carrying'out the invention, Iv arrange' 'the starter or atomizer adjacent .the burner I f with its nozzle directed toward it. Located in front of the nozzle of the starter .is a deflector so constructed i as to divide the 'flame into two or-more distinctparts and direct'.l

them'. against different members of the burner, as for inst-ance, one partagainst the vaporizer and another part againstthe nozwith anatomizer of given capacity, 4the starting flame can be. utilized to the best advantage to heat the' parts most effective in generating vapor for.

initial starting, without' heating other -less effective portions of the burner, thus avoiding waste'of energy.l

In l the accompanying drawing, which illustrates. one of the embodiments ofvthe invention, Figure 1 is 'aerspective 'View of a burner and its starter;

i'g. 2 is a side elevation of the starter or latomizer; Fig. 3\ isI a central vertical section; and Fig. 4 is a plan viewof'the starter.l e v Referring to the drawing, 1 designates a supporting plate that serves as the base of the combustion chamber'in which the burner is located. Supportedv on the base plate is the burner 2 and the starter 3 -therefor. The burner comprises a vaporizer` having vtwo branches or conduits 4, receiving liquid from a suitable source of supply, inclined toward each other and connected by a head 5. Extending from the head is a connection las to give :to the air. and.

( thatr'eceives vapor fromthevaporizer and conveys 1t to the nozzle 7.v Situated abovey the nozzle'v and in close `roximity tothe The vapor ]et from the nozzle im inges on this opening thereof is' a -ba e plate 8.

plate which detlects and distri utes it before flame." After theburner is'once started it generates its own vapor automatically and of the vaporizer', is vaporized beforereach- 1gniti on occurs, so as to mix with the vapor sufficient air to produce an. intense blue The present invention relates' to burner operates as long as fuelissupplied to it. I., The fuel enters at the bottomV of each' branch A i'n'gthe head, and While assing through the i connection 6 the vapor,r perheated. The starter 3 islocated centrally-in front ecomesv highly su- `ef. .t`he Iburner and 'arran ed to direct lits flame toward`the same. heA starter com-` prises a vessel 9 containing li uid fuel which may be `introduced throng -an opening covered vby a hinged lid4 21.- -This vessel is attached to the base plate-byscrews or other means, and carries a spraying nozzle 10.

The. nozzle is provided with afuel passageI l1 and a passage 1 2 for .air .or other suitable fluid.' `The latter 1 passage is preferably formed in the body of the nozzle,- passage 11 may be. that'of a tube secured'to the bodyy o f the nozzleand communicating at its upper end with .a passage in the-nozzle.

Thelower'endof the tube extends into the vessel and receives liquid, fuel therefrom.v The nozzle extendsthrough the to and bottom of the vessel and is fsecu're in' place.

The same` thread yserves v to attach the air supply pipe 1,4 to the nozzle 'by means of the nut 15a andto1secure the vessel to thebase plate by means of the nut 15, in addition to 16. "The discharge ends `of the .y

the screws passages .11 and 12 are-abruply reduced, so

el a .highveof discharge. The .outlet ends arejso izer and the burner nozzle at the.v same time The 9o thereinby the'thread 13 engaging the nut 15.

arranged that the' lair Afrom the passage 12 ,.100

the fuel passage, v

1o onlythe essential parts othe burner. .The -heat beingj thus concentrated, the burner is Y flecto'r 'whichideflects it toward and upon the `without employing an atomizer of 'such .di-

mensions as' to produce a iame having fa body large enough to envelo bOththevaf porizer andthe nozzle, a de ector 18'is arranged intermediate the spray Vnozzleand theburner to divide the flame and deflect .a part of it against the lvap'orizerwhileA ari-.- other part passes to the burner nozzle* B this arrangement al flame' 'of minimum vo ume is used to the best advantage, heating 4. started in a short-time. .'The'deflectorcom'- prises a piece of sheet meta1,preferab1y suported onjthevessel'of the starter-so as to e removable therewith, .and is rovided' with ancipe'ning'-19v through whic passes l i, that part of the lamevwhich heats the nozzle of the bui-ner.l The remaining p'ortionof the' flame impinges on the part-2O of the devaporizei'. 4 e fWhen starting theb rner, the operation is i as follows: The vesse 9- of. the starter is filled With liquid fuel and the Wick 17 is hted. The valve controlling thev su ply compressed air or other' atomizing uid v is 'then lopened, whereupon the air dischargv ing over theoutlet of the passage 11 draws upfiuelV lthrough 'the latter-and atomizes it,

\ This y'atomized fuel vis immediately; ignited producedimpin es on the nozzle and the hetV vaporizer 'o f the urneras already described and highlyheatsthemQsof as to generate vaer 'for starting the burner. "As the" vapor isjgenerated'and dischar ed from'the main tliesta'rter.- "After't is condition is attained -the burner is self-,supporting Aand the starter -nlame'can be extinguished.",yA

fintaccordanee wi h the-previstas' f the patent-'statutes- 1 have described/the prin-A ci `Ie of foperation of my invention, together wlth ,the appara-tus which -I now consider to represent the best embodiment'the'reof.; but

'V i I desire to.. have it understoodithatthe api i @fthe invention can if! i j e 'Whatlcla'im-as new and desire to secure i paratusshown is only illustrative'and that carried `out by otherA 'lfb-y'- Leae-rsfrstent of the United safes, is-f LA. burner including combination with a starting device .fo-np'ro. ,duciiig'a llame for heating up .the burner,

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and means 'which divides .the flamerom the device and 'deiects a portion of itffagainst f the fvaporizer, the remainder of the-flame acting 'upon another portion ofl the burner. 2. ,YA' burner 'compms1ng' a vaporizer and aM-vnozzle arranged substantially. in a com- .mon plane, in combination with a; starting device for producing a fiame for heatiig up ame the burner, vsaiddevice direct-ing itstoward said vaporizer and nozzle and transthe burner nozzle,

versely to the lane thereof, and means located interme iate the device and said vaporizer and nozzle which divides the Astarting flame so that one portion of it impinges upon the vaporizer andI another portion upon the nozzle of the burner.

3. A burner-*having a vaporize'r` and a nozzle;,1n combination with a-starting de.

Vvice therefor comprising a Vfuel-discharging nozzlefor. heating up the burner, and a device arranged in front of the last named nozzle which divides the ametherefrom r into-separate streams which impinge upon the vaporizer and the burner nozzle respectively.

,45A burnerV including ava orizer and a..v

nozzl receivin' va or there om in -combination --with a starting nozzle discharging a'flameiipon the burner nozzle, and a deflector arranged in front of the nozzle which directs aportion of lthe flame away frein the burner -nozzleand upon the vaporizer,l

there being an opening in the deiector opposite the starting' nozzle through which a portion of ther Haine passes and impinges 4'0n '5; `A'burner comprising ltwo vaporizing l conduits joined at their scharge ends, a nozzle' located between the conduits, and a connection between the discharge ends of the -conduits andthe nozzle', in combination with a starting. nozzle dischargin a -iiame upon the'burner'nozzle, and a de ector arranged infront of the -starting. nozzle which directs a portion Vof the flame away from the burner nozzle and# upon the conduits nearvtheir point of union.

f6. A burner compr1s1ng^a`va orizer, a

nozzle connected therewith, and a ase plate supporting .the vaporizer, in combination with a fuel atomizer supported on the base plate o posits the nozzle and vaporizer, and a elector arran ed `intermediate the burner and atomizer w ich causes the flame.

directs part of the flame from the atom'izerV 'upon'the vaporizer, the remainder impinging upon the nozzle of the burner.

l 8. Thecombination of a burner-comprising4 a vaporizer A,and a nozzle connected therewith, a containing vessel, a Vstarting "nozzle provided with two passages,'one of which communicates with the vessel and the other with a source of air suppl and delivers air therefrom to atomize liquid fuel conveyed through the first passage from the vessel, means for igniting the atomized fuel whichis located in the path of the stream of fuel discharged from the starting nozzle, and a delector arranged transversely of the path of the Haine adjacent the start` ing nozzle which delects a part of the flame and directs it against the vaporizer, said delector being provided with an opening through which another portion of the flame passes to impinge on the burner nozzle.

9. In a starting device for aburner having a vaporizer and a nozzle, the combination of a flame producing nozzle with a deflector adjacent said nozzle, said deflector having a curved portion to direct the Haine against the vaporizer, and an opening through which the llame is directed -to the burner nozzle.

10. A hydro-carbon burner comprising two upwardly extending vaporizing conduits, a head joining the upper ends of the conduits, a nozzle located centrally between the conduits below the head, and a pipe 'flame passes to lmpinge on lea-ding from the head to the nozzle, in combination with a starter for the burner having an atomizing nozzle located opposite the conduits and the burner nozzle, and a fixed, upwardly curved deflector plate adjacent the starter nozzle and between it and the burner provided with an opening through which a portion of the starting the burner nozzle, another portion of the flame being directed upwardly by the curved portion of the plate against the conduits and the head to vaporize the fuel on its Way tothe burner nozzle.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day of May, 1906.

HERMANN LEMP. 

